Rudolph Matas
Rudolph Matas (1860 – 1957) was an American vascular surgeon; prominent figure and pioneer to the fields of both surgery and anaesthesia.
Category Medical Specialty
Joseph O’Dwyer
Joseph O'Dwyer (1841 – 1898) was an American physician. Father of laryngeal intubation in croup; O'Dwyer plain tube; system for intralaryngeal intubation; Fell-O’Dwyer apparatus
August Karl Gustav Bier
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) German Surgeon. Used Esmarch tourniquet forming the basis of his eponymous Bier block regional anaesthesia
Missing the low hanging fruit
Rant: Missing low hanging fruit in prehospital medicine. Mike Abernethy talks to us about the importance of bystander action.
John H. Blease
John Henry Blease (1906 - 1985) British inventor and anaesthetic technician. Blease-Manley ventilator; the Alfo-Blease anaesthetic machine
Code Crimson
A trauma patient has come in and they have a life threatening, non-compressible haemorrhage. We have a Code Crimson on our hands.
John T. Bowen
John Templeton Bowen (1857 – 1940) was an American dermatologist. Eponym: Bowen's disease, Bowen's disease of the vulva, Bowenoid papulosis
Jacques Lisfranc
Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1787–1847) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Lisfranc joint / fracture / injury / amputation (1815)
Asking Questions – Delivering Answers
RCTs deliver the most reliable evidence to guide how we treat our patients but they are badly designed, inaccurately reported and misunderstood. We can do better.
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies; Publication Deficits & Potential Solutions with Laura Duggan
James Israel
James Adolf Israël (1848 - 1926) was a German surgeon. Eponyms: Actinomyces israelii, Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign
B. Raymond Fink
B. Raymond Fink (1914 – 2000) was an American anesthesiologist. Fink effect (1955): diffusion anoxia/hypoxia or the third gas effect; Fink Laryngoscope Blade (1958); Fink Non-rebreathing Valve (1954)